Loyola Marymount coach Mike Dunlap gestures during the second half of a West Coast Conference tournament NCAA college basketball game against Saint Mary's on Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Las Vegas. Saint Mary's won 60-48. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Five coaches Lute Olson met on the way to the big danceΒ 

2. Mike Dunlap. In Olson’s first tournament season at Arizona, β€˜84-85, Dunlap was an assistant at Loyola Marymount. Olson hired Dunlap in 2007, but never worked a season with him. Dunlap is now the head coach at LMU, which went 14-17 this year.Β 


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